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Sholay

1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy
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Summary

Sholay is a film[1]. Sholay ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,932 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Ramesh Sippy[3]
  • Screenwriter: Salim-Javed[4]
  • Composer: Rahul Dev Burman[5]
  • Genre: action film[6], buddy film[7], musical film[8], Western film[9], drama film[10], comedy film[11], adventure film[12], romance film[13], Masala film[14]
  • Cast member: Dharmendra[15], Hema Malini[16], Amitabh Bachchan[17], Jaya Bachchan[18], Sanjeev Kumar[19], Amjad Khan[20], Satyen Kappu[21], Gufi Paintal[22], Jagdeep[23], A. K. Hangal[24], Iftekhar[25], Leela Mishra[26], Mac Mohan[27], Sachin Pilgaonkar[28]
  • Producer: G. P. Sippy[29]
  • Director of photography: Dwarka Divecha[30]
  • Original language of film or TV show: Hindi[31]
  • Commons category: Sholay[32]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[33]
  • Review score: 8/10[34], 93%[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: India[37]
  • Publication date: August 15, 1975[38]
  • Narrative location: Bengaluru[39]
  • Filming location: Ramanagara[40]
  • Film editor: M. S. Shinde[41]
  • Described by source: Sholay: The Making of a Classic[42], 25 Must See Bollywood Movies[43], Time Out The 100 best Bollywood movies[44], 70 Iconic Films of Indian Cinema[45]
  • Title: शोले[46]
  • Different from: Sholay[47]
  • Duration: 204[48]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[49]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[50]

  • First release date: 1975[51]

  • Genre(s): funk, pop, psychedelic rock, qawwali, rock[52]

  • Community tags: funk, pop, psychedelic rock, qawwali, rock[53]

  • MusicBrainz ID: c1bf340b-69f0-3763-9fe3-0ca0f55f5f33[54]

Why It Matters

Sholay has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Sholay is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

Related Entities

Amitabh Bachchan Amjad Khan Dharmendra film Hema Malini India Jaya Bachchan

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [49] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [52] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [53] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [54] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 151388
    Wikidata description → 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy
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  3. 15w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 18w ago · Reubot · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Producer → G. P. Sippy
    Publication date → —
    Narrative location → Bengaluru
    Duration → {'amount': '+204'}
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